#flunkies

"Trump cabinet flunkies hail wannabe Caesar and Elon, his oligarch pal"

That's David Smith, writing for The Guardian, on the recent pep rally cabinet meeting at the White House.

"The Vice-president, JD Vance, was in attendance but there was no doubt whom this emperor had appointed as consul. Trump invited Elon Musk, the tech billionaire running the so-called 'department of government efficiency' (Doge), to speak before any of his cabinet secretaries after claiming that everyone present was supportive.

Wearing a black 'Make America great again' cap, Musk jokingly referred to himself as 'humble tech support' – people laughed dutifully – and claimed that his haphazard efforts to take a chainsaw to the federal government can save a trillion dollars and dig the country out of debt..."

Shit gets better:

"Then came the most autocratic episode of the meeting. Trump, both generous and lethal, asked his cabinet: 'Is anybody unhappy with Elon? If you are, we’ll throw him out of here.'

To the crocodiles? Or as his pal Vladimir Putin favours, from a high window? From this assembly of fawners, flatterers and flunkies, there was nervous laughter and applause.

Triumphant, the president assured reporters: 'They have a lot of respect for Elon, that he’s doing this, and some disagree a little bit but I will tell you for the most part I think everyone’s not only happy – they’re thrilled.'"

Yipes.

Three judges appointed by former President Donald Trump handed down an astonishing decision on Wednesday, effectively holding that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the federal agency charged with protecting consumers from a wide range of predatory activity by lenders and other financial services, is unconstitutional and must be stripped of its authority. The decision by the conservative…

Trump and his Flunkies lie about their Family Separation disaster

During the year and a half in which the U.S. government separated thousands of children from their parents, the Trump administration’s explanations for what was happening were deeply confusing, and on many occasions—it was clear even then—patently untrue. I’m one of the many reporters who covered this story in real time. Despite the flurry of work that we produced to fill the void of information,…

Thanks, gocomics.org

Those who lie(d) for Trump should be held accountable

Don’t let the chronic liars cash in on their dishonesty. Press secretaries like Joe Lockhart, Ari Fleischer and Jay Carney, who left the White House with their reputations in various stages of intact, made millions taking their skills — and credibility — to corporate America. Trump’s liars don’t merit that same golden parachute. Let it be known to the business world: Hire any of Trump’s fellow…

…And be quick about it!

Thanks, gocomics.org